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Primary School - Grades K-3
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Determine if melting of the northern polar ice cap or the ice sheet on Antarctica would contribute to a rise in sea levels.
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Elementary School - Grades 4-6
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Create super cooled water and learn why oceans don't freeze solid.
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Determine if the speed of a current changes with distance from the shore and with water depth by going out in a boat and using a watch and a GPS.
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Test several freshwater and saltwater samples to see how much salt they contain.
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Investigate deep sea life.
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The trilobites of Manuel's River
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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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Acid Ocean: The Effect of pH on Calcifying Organisms (Clam Shells).
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Investigate and model the effect that water depth has on wave velocity.
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The 'Global Conveyor Belt' - Make a model of ocean currents and measure how the heat input affects velocity of the currents.
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Find out how and where plankton is most abundant in the Newport Harbor, California.
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Use online data from continuous monitoring stations on the Chesapeake Bay to study water quality measurements before and after algal bloom events.
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Investigate what happens to layers of water with different densities.
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Will Different Ocean Bottoms Affect the Height of a Breaking Wave?
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Does Ocean Water Temperature Affect Its Viscosity Enough to Change Waves?
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How Does Ocean Floor Morphology Affect Wave Height and Speed at the Shore?
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Does Temperature Affect the Salt Formation in the Dead Sea?
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Sediment Deposition Patterns in Varying Water Velocities
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Compare the salinity of a river at the ocean outlet to its salinity at different points inland at both high and low tides.
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What is oceanography?
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Why is the ocean salty?
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How much salt there is in ocean water?
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What type of sand do sand dollars like to live in?
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High School - Grades 10-12
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A system to collect physical marine data using hardware, error compensating algorithms, and data distribution methods.
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Understanding Ocean Acidification
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The Effect of Surface Area and Volume on the Temperature and pH in a Tide Pool
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Determine what influences the movement of harbor porpoises.
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The Effect of Latitude on Ocean Salinity in the Antarctic Waters
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Determine whether temperature affects the salinity and pH level of ocean water.
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Tests the effect of depth on ocean bottom composition.
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Find the best jetty design that would keep sand on beaches.
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Tests to see if extending the beach by adding sand to it affects rip currents.
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Build a model illustrating sea-floor spreading and subduction.
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Useful Links
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R=Resource
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Tidal Prediction Resources
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Earth Sciences Resources
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Weather Resources
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Tornado Resources
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Solar System Quiz
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Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Weather Jokes
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Safety Resources
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Earth Sciences Fair Projects Books
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